NOTI^S. 



Alaska Stations. — J. W. Xeal, who has been in charge of the Copper Valley 

 Station from its inception in 1002, has resigned to^take effect Febrnary 1. His 

 snccessor has not yet been appointed. 



At the Rampart Station all varieties of grain grown — that is. winter wheat, 

 winter rye, barley, and oats — are reported to have matured during the past 

 season, as during the G years previous, while at Copper Valley. Si° farther 

 south, grain was again killed by frost occurring about the middle of August. 

 The reason for this anomaly is not apparent. The work of the Alaska Stations 

 indicates that there are considerable variations of climate in different parts of 

 the Territory and that the possibilities of each portion can not be foretold with 

 accuracy until each is tested. The development of early maturing varieties of 

 grain is one of the important problems which the stations are attempting to 

 solve. 



Connecticut Storrs College and Station. — .J. M. Trueman of tlie Illinois Uni- 

 versity and Station has been appointed dairy husl)nndnian in tlie college and 

 station, and will assume his duties April 1. 



Delaware Station. — Margaret B. [NlacDonald, Ph. D., has recently been ap- 

 pointed assistant chemist. 



Florida Station. — The office of the director has been installed at Gainesville, 

 and this will henceforth be the address of the station. John M. Scott, of the 

 New Mexico College and Station, has assumed charge of the work in animal 

 husbandry. 



Hawaii Station. — Edmund C. Shorey has resigned his position as chemist. 



Indiana Station. — Arrangements have recently been made with one of the 

 railroads of the State to run a seed-corn special over its entire system, beginning 

 February 25. This includes a trip of some 1,500 miles and will require about 

 15 days. The corn trains already sent out have created very widespread and 

 intense interest among the fanners of the State. 



Kansas Station. — A second egg-laying contest has just been inaugurated, to 

 continue for one year. Pens of six hens and a cockerel of each of 24 breeds have 

 been entered. Trap nests are provided so that the contest will be also a test of 

 individuals as well as of the cost of egg production. 



Maryland Station. — C. P. Close, horticulturist at the Delaware Station, has 

 succeeded W. N. Ilutt as horticulturist, the latter having resigned to accept a 

 similar position with the North Carolina department of agriculture and experi- 

 ment station, as previously noted. 



Missouri University and Station. — The State board of agriculture has recom- 

 mended an appropriation of .$220,000 for the college of agriculture, $200,000 to 

 be used for an agricultural building. B. R. Thompson, a graduate of the Kansas 

 College, has been appointed assistant in dairying in the college, and R. C. 

 Donaghue, of the University of Ohio, assistant in agronomy in the station. 



Nebraska Station. — A decision of the supreme court of the State affecting the 



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